Can I get some fund-raising tips?

Question

I'm selling stuff for my school band and need some tips! Please help!

Answer 1

Not sure if you're asking for ideas of things to sell, or if you already have the things and just want ideas on how to sell them.

Things to Sell:

1. Everyone loves a bake sale. Get the kids and/or their parents to bake things and sell them during the school day.

2. Student car washes seem to popular.

3. Something I've never seen, but that would be perfect for a band fundraiser: Have a party with the band playing music. It can be a potluck, a BBQ, a picnic, or an indoor catered affair. You could have games, contests, door prizes. Invite the whole community and have the local paper write it up. It can be on school grounds or at a local park.

4. Many companies exist just to sell fundraiser items. These can be candy bars, boxes of cookies, things with lettering and/or a logo on them ("Supporter of the ABC School Band 2008" and the band logo), such as T shirts, sweatshirts, mugs, car cups, pens, pennants, keychains, small stuffed animals (does the band have a mascot animal?), etc.

5. Make a CD of the band's music and sell that.Surely every student, parent and member of the community will want to play the school song on game days? Surely alumni will want to relive the glory... You know, all kidding aside, this could be a winner. It doesn't cost much to have CDs made.

How to sell (some of these may ot work for all types of fundraisers):

1. At the school, both during the day and at events (pep rallies, football games, school plays, Parents' Night).

2. Booth at the mall.

3. Go door to door.

4. Have the parents sell the items at their jobs.